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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Ukraine: After the Last Sky by Michael Brazier
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. You mistake the fault in my argument. I didn’t just say it was possible that Putin would never accept an independent, neutral Ukraine; I said it was certain he wouldn’t. The fault is that I gave no evidence for th…
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(The GiveWell Blog) March 2022 open thread
Our goal with hosting quarterly open threads is to give blog readers an opportunity to publicly raise comments or questions about GiveWell or related topics (in the comments section below). As always, you’re also welcome to email us at info@givewell.org or to request a call with GiveWell staff if you have feedback or questions you’d…
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(Cat and Girl) Begin Again
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on MERELY NON-IDEAL VS. OBJECTIONABLE RESPONSES TO SOCIAL INJUSTICE by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to mlyoung57. This is an interesting proposal. As I understand it, your claim is that there are contexts such that one has a perfect obligation to withdraw participation after some threshold, but in those cases, no imperfect obligation of with…
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(QC RSS) Rhythm Instruments
Marigold’s mom has got it goin’ on
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Ukraine: After the Last Sky by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to boydstun. I’m a child of the 80s rather than the 60s, but I remember those “bygone” days well enough. Our elementary school had one of those “fallout shelter” signs on it, and we used to sit around musing about…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Ukraine: After the Last Sky by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Michael Brazier. Your argument above attributes to Mearsheimer the belief that it it was possible that Putin would be satisfied with a neutral Ukraine, but nothing that you say after that actually contradicts that possibility. What you rais…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Ukraine: After the Last Sky by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to David Potts. To focus on (1) and (4): I don’t see the logical route from an avowal of classical liberalism to intervention in the Ukraine war, and don’t find Bryce Mitchell’s view all that objectionable. This the closest t…
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